Iowa woman is now world's oldest person

9:46 AM,
Dec. 5, 2012

Dina Manfredini of Iowa became the world's oldest person Tuesday. She is 115 years old.

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JOEL ASCHBRENNER
| The Des Moines Register

The woman who had been listed as the oldest person in the world died Tuesday in Georgia. That leaves Dina Manfredini of Johnston as the most senior person on the planet, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

Manfredini is 115 years and 244 days old.

Born in Italy in 1897, Manfredini moved to the United States in 1920. She married and had four children. ...